A container ship left port last week carrying some goods weighing a total of 240,870 tons. Today, it stopped in another port to unload. As a result, the weight of the goods on the ship decreased by 30%. What is the weight of the goods on the ship now?

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Eleanor

8 December, 03:57

A container ship left port last week carrying some goods weighing a total of 240,870 tons. Today, it stopped in another port to unload. As a result, the weight of the goods on the ship decreased by 30%. What is the weight of the goods on the ship now?

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Baylee Cline · Answer 1

Answer: 168,609 ton

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, to answer this question, first we have to calculate the amount of the weight decrease by multiplying the original weight of the goods (240,870) by the percentage decrease in decimal form (divided by 100)

Mathematically speaking:

240,870 (30/100) = 72,261 ton

Finally we have to subtract that value to the original weight:

240,870-72,261 = 168,609 ton

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